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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Self-Guided Cave Tours
 
The Chinese Theater in the Big Room of Carlsbad Cavern.
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The Chinese Theater in the Big Room of Carlsbad Cavern.
 

The basic cavern entry is by way of two self-guided routes—the Big Room Route and the Natural Entrance Route. Tickets are sold at the visitor center each day, except December 25. Entrance fee tickets are good for three days, but do not include guided or other special tours. Summer hours are in effect from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
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Permian ocean bottom.  

Did You Know?
The limestone rock that holds Carlsbad Cavern is full of ocean fossil plants and animals from a time before the dinosaurs when the southeastern corner of New Mexico was a coastline similar to the Florida Keys.

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Last Updated: December 13, 2006 at 16:33 EST